Roxbury fatal crash referred to Morris grand jury

A criminal charge that alleges a driver from Landing was intoxicated and speeding when he struck and killed a pedestrian on June 3 in Roxbury was forwarded Monday to a Morris County grand jury for possible indictment.

Defendant Samuel R. Generelli, 28, is charged with death by auto in connection with the alleged homicide of pedestrian Chandan Arora, 29, who was walking along Route 46 West in Ledgewood to his job at a gas station. Authorities said that Generelli’s Subaru wagon rolled over several times and caught fire after the impact with Arora around 6:43 p.m. on June 3.

Generelli, whose job involves maintenance at a ShopRite supermarket, is free on $75,000 bail but he had his driver’s license taken away as a bail condition. He was in Superior Court, Morristown, on Monday for a conference on the death-by-auto charge, and Morris County Assistant Prosecutor Sahil Kabse said the case will be forwarded to the county grand jury for possible indictment.

Besides the criminal charge, Generelli was issued tickets for driving while intoxicated, speeding, failure to keep right and failure to maintain a lane. The death-by-auto charge, punishable upon conviction by up to 10 years in prison, alleges that Generelli caused Arora’s death by driving recklessly.